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Offline Grey Wolf

Rather Pathetic eBay Scam
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Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 09:46:07 +0100

    Account Investigation Pre-Suspension Warning

    Dear eBay member,

    You have received this warning because we have strong reason to believe that your eBay account had been recently compromised and it could be used by a third party without your authorization. In order to prevent any fraudulent activity from occurring we are required to open an investigation into this matter. To speed up this process, you are required to verify your eBay account by following the link below.

   
http://signin.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=

    (To complete the verification process you must fill in all the required fields)

    Remember : Your personal information is protected by eBay'sPrivacy Policy and encrypted by the industry standard SSL technology.

 

    Please Note : If your account information is not updated within the next 72 hours, then we will assume this account is fraudulent and will be suspended. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the purpose of this verification is to ensure that your eBay account has not been fraudulently used and to combat fraud.

    We appreciate your support and understanding, as we work together to keep eBay a safe place to trade.

    Thank you for your patience and attention in this important matter.

Regards,

SafeHarbor Department
eBay Inc.

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They didn't even bother trying to make the URL of their page (which I removed) look like eBay's. The address of this idiot is [email protected] in the event anyone feels like messing with them, reporting them, or whatever else you want to do.
You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?" -George Bernard Shaw